The witch hunts : a history of the witch persecutions in Europe and North America / Robert W. Thurst...
The witch hunts : a history of the witch persecutions in Europe and North America / Robert W. Thurst...
The witch hunts : a history of the witch persecutions in Europe and North America / Robert W. Thurston.
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New York : Pearson Longman, c2007.
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N133.43094/15
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English
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Physical content
xviii, 326 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Contents
1. New fears in Europe : 700-1500 -- 2. Towards the witch pyres : images and realities of European women to 1500 -- 3. The spread of the witch trials -- 4. Victims and processes -- 5. The decline and end of the hunts.
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Publisher
New York : Pearson Longman, c2007.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2007.
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"In this revised edition, first published under the title of Witch, Wicce, Mother Goose, Robert Thurston explores the events of the witch hunts and the social and psychological factors which caused them. Increasingly negative images of women, revised judicial procedures and religious conflicts had their part to play in these strange times, as did i...
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The witch hunts : a history of the witch persecutions in Europe and North America / Robert W. Thurston.
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Rev. ed. of:Witch, wicce, Mother Goose. 2001.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2007.
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N133.43094/15
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74VKJQAykOwX
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ISBN
1405840838 (pbk.)
9781405840835 (pbk.)
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133.43094
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991022282579702626
